Geography of Rocky Mount

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Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a city in Edgecombe and Nash counties. It is on the Tar River, about 47 miles (76 km) northeast of Raleigh. Rocky Mount is situated in a farming area and is a leading market for cotton and bright-leaf tobacco. It produces textiles, rope and string, cottonseed oil, lumber, metal, and meat and dairy products. Rocky Mount was settled in 1818.

Population: 55,893.

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